Alex Cobham on Richard Murphy

"In developing the proposal for a country-by-country reporting standard for multinational companies, which is now at the heart of the policy debate on global tax justice,

Richard Murphy has been a major thought leader - focusing attention on the serious transparency deficit in the current era of globalisation, long before the financial crisis brought wider recognition of this.

I look forward now to reading his broader proposals to put human development at the heart of policy discussions, as we look to a better, post-crisis globalisation."